UB to celebrate with WNY alumni and friends

by jmaloni

Submitted

Tue, Sep 10th 2013 05:15 pm

A crowd of 1,000 is
anticipated at event in Buffalo Pierce-Arrow Transportation Museum

More
than 1,000 University at Buffalo alumni are expected to celebrate their alma
mater on Thursday, Sept. 12, during a function in The Buffalo Pierce-Arrow
Transportation Museum on Michigan Avenue. The guests will also be among the
first to tour the new Frank Lloyd Wright-designed filling station.

Special
guests will include UB President Satish K. Tripathi, new Athletics Director
Danny White, head football coach Jeff Quinn, new men's head basketball coach
Bobby Hurley and a number of student athletes, who will be on hand to pump up
the crowd and talk about the new era of the Bulls. The Center for the Arts,
celebrating the 40th anniversary of Zodiaque Dance Co., will promote the
upcoming season of arts and performances.

"Our
university has been experiencing an incredible number of successes over the
past year or so with no end in sight, and we want to share the excitement with
our alumni and thank them for believing in their alma mater," said Jay
Friedman, Ed.M. '00 and BA '86, associate vice president for alumni relations.
"From our UB 2020 Tour to President Obama's visit, to groundbreaking for the
new medical school next month, alums can't help but walk away from this event
feeling proud."

A
similar event drew a crowd of 600 to Buffalo last fall as part of the UB 2020
tour, in which Tripathi traveled to 20 cities in 20 months to meet alumni.

"Last
year's 2020 tour stop in Buffalo was one of the largest alumni events in recent
memory, and we're shattering that record this year," said Carol Gloff, BS '75,
president of the UB Alumni Association. "It's clear that local alums are
excited about their university and enjoy sharing that excitement with each
other, so we've decided to make this an annual event."

"We're
only a stone's throw away from the burgeoning medical campus and the site of
our new medical school," Friedman said. "The downtown renaissance is happening,
and we're honored that we, and our alumni, are part of it."